Oct 31, 2018
Streaming capitalizes on the utopian hopes attached to the mp3
“This surveillance-based music streaming is advertising-supported and treats music not as a good but as a data point for better targeted ads. Reporting by journalists like Liz Pelly last year showed that this new model even reinforces the persistent influence of major labels. Even the music of the 2010s is jokingly called “Spotifycore” as an allusion to algorithm-ready songs that instead of clashing disparate genres find a way to flatten various styles into a more digestible package.“